{"id":838802,"date":"2026-11-08T04:20:00","date_gmt":"2026-11-08T09:20:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/?p=838802"},"modified":"2026-11-08T03:46:00","modified_gmt":"2026-11-08T08:46:00","slug":"houthis-claim-six-attacks-on-saudi-oil-sites-and-riyadh-airport-coalition-separately-reports-intercepts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/838802","title":{"rendered":"Witnesses say Aramco tower in Riyadh financial district damaged after coalition reports missile interceptions"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Witnesses told AFP on Sunday that the Aramco tower in Riyadh&#8217;s King Abdullah Financial District was damaged, after the Saudi-led coalition said it had intercepted two ballistic missiles fired by Yemen&#8217;s Houthis toward the Saudi capital.<\/p>\n<p>Two witnesses told AFP they saw damage to the building, while another described several damaged floors, shattered glass and damage to part of the facade. AFP did not establish what struck the tower or report casualties. The cause of the damage and who was responsible have not been independently established.<\/p>\n<p>Coalition spokesman Turki al-Malki said in a Sunday morning social media post that air defences had intercepted and destroyed two ballistic missiles launched by the Houthis toward Riyadh. AFP reported loud explosions in the capital. Its report contained no Houthi claim for a Sunday attack.<\/p>\n<p>On Saturday, Houthi military spokesman Yahya Saree said in a post on X that six missile and drone operations had targeted Aramco facilities in Riyadh, Khurais and Dawadmi, Riyadh&#8217;s King Khalid International Airport and Saudi troops, Middle East Eye reported. Those claims have not been independently verified.<\/p>\n<h4>Sources<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.al-monitor.com\/originals\/2026\/11\/riyadh-financial-district-targeted-aramco-tower-damaged-witnesses\">AFP via Al-Monitor, witnesses on Aramco tower damage and coalition interceptions, Nov 8<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.middleeasteye.net\/live-blog\/live-blog-update\/houthis-claim-attacks-saudi-aramco-sites-riyadh-airport-and-troops\">Middle East Eye, Yahya Saree statement on X, Nov 7<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Witnesses told AFP on Sunday that the Aramco tower in Riyadh&#8217;s King Abdullah Financial District was damaged, after the Saudi-led coalition said it had intercepted two ballistic missiles fired by Yemen&#8217;s Houthis toward the Saudi capital.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":52,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[7918],"tags":[12302,12107,12304,12303,12216,3468,12301,12146],"class_list":["post-838802","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-world-news","tag-aramco-tower","tag-houthis","tag-kafd","tag-king-abdullah-financial-district","tag-riyadh","tag-saudi-arabia","tag-turki-al-maliki","tag-yemen"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p9NivD-3wd4","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/838802","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/52"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=838802"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/838802\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":838804,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/838802\/revisions\/838804"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=838802"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=838802"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=838802"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}